Niels Kokmeijer

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Niels Kokmeijer
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Uitgeest, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2001 Volendam 56 (19)
2001–2003 Heerenveen 0 (0)
2003–2004 Haarlem 27 (4)
2004 Go Ahead Eagles 14 (4)
Total97(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Niels Kokmeijer (born 30 December 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. He later managed the Netherlands national beach soccer team.

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Career

Kokmeijer, born in Uitgeest, North Holland, played as a forward, making his professional debut as part of the FC Volendam squad in the 1998–99 season. He also played for SC Heerenveen and HFC Haarlem before joining Go Ahead Eagles in 2004–05, playing in the Eerste Divisie. [1]

Leg incident

In his first and only season at Go Ahead, Kokmeijer was seriously injured by opponent Rachid Bouaouzan playing for Sparta Rotterdam on 17 December 2004. Kokmeijer's leg was broken badly and he was forced to retire from professional football. Sparta Rotterdam suspended Bouaouzan for the rest of the season, which was more than the ten-match ban the KNVB awarded him. He was also prosecuted by the Dutch government and Kokmeijer for battery, unique in Dutch football history. Bouaouzan received a suspended six-month jail sentence. [2]

Later career

From 2007 to 2014 Kokmeijer was manager of the Netherlands national beach soccer team, who became silver medalists in the 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League. He later did a number of projects for the Johan Cruyff Foundation and the Johan Cruyff Institute. [3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [4]
ClubSeasonLeague
DivisionAppsGoals
FC Volendam 1998–99 Eerste Divisie 42
1999–2000Eerste Divisie307
2000–01Eerste Divisie2210
Total5619
SC Heerenveen 2001–02 Eredivisie 00
2002–03Eredivisie00
Total00
HFC Haarlem 2003–04Eerste Divisie274
Go Ahead Eagles 2004–05Eerste Divisie144
Career total9727

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References

  1. ↑ "Niels Kokmeijer" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hutchings to land controversial Morroccan winger". ESPN Soccernet. 30 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Hoe is het met... Niels Kokmeijer". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Niels Kokmeijer » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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